Gov. Abbott says 58 'hypocrite' Texas Democrat runaways WILL be arrested when they return to Austin after jetting to DC on $100K chartered private jets to stop vote on GOP's new state voting bills Texas Democrats fled their state on private jets in order to prevent a series of new, restrictive voting bills from becoming law At least 58 Democratic members of the state House of Representatives left Austin to fly to Washington D.C. on two private jets that cost $100,000 to charter Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, on Monday said the 58 will be arrested when they return to Texas He said their behavior was 'un-Texan', accusing them of running from a fight and describing them as 'quitters'